Hicksville New York-1954: House Under Construction In Suburban Area

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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House Under Construction In Suburban Area — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a modest wooden house under construction in Hicksville, New York. The frames show the structure in various stages, with exposed framing and a ladder leaning against the side, surrounded by bare trees and cleared land. The footage has a nostalgic, grainy quality with warm, faded colors typical of mid-century home movies. A classic blue car briefly appears in the final frame, adding to the period atmosphere. This archival clip offers a glimpse into suburban development and everyday life in the 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123368315

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Hicksville, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s suburban development requests needing brief home-movie construction footage from Hicksville, New York.
Period detail: The unfinished wood siding, simple low house form, ladder, bare trees, and cleared lot support a mid-1950s residential construction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a nearby yard or roadside with a casual held framing, preserving an everyday family-record view rather than a staged building survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an unfinished wooden house, a ladder, exposed framing, bare trees, cleared ground, a neighboring house, concrete blocks, and a blue car.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and faded color that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for postwar suburban growth, home building, or family neighborhood context.
Historical context: The clip visually places modest residential construction within a wooded suburban lot, suggesting neighborhood expansion without identifying builders or residents.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but copyright, location, and property context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1954 Hicksville New York house construction, 1950s suburban home building, 8mm residential development, and vintage home movie exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Hicksville or 1954 residential scenes, then broader 1950s suburban construction or neighborhood footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing a modest wooden house under construction in a cleared suburban lot. — A low wooden house under construction stands among bare trees and cleared ground.

1954 Hicksville exterior view of a house being built, with a ladder against the wall and trees behind it. — A ladder rests against the front of the partly finished house.

Home-movie frame from Hicksville in 1954 showing adjacent houses and residential construction through leafless trees. — The camera frames the construction site through nearby trees and a neighboring house.

1954 Hicksville frame showing a nearby white house, stacked concrete blocks, trees, and a blue car at the lot edge. — Concrete blocks and a blue car appear near a neighboring house at the construction site.

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